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FIFTIETH  ANNIVERSARY 
OAKLAND  LODGE  No.  188 

FREE  AND  ACCEPTED  MASONS 

OAKLAND  •  CALIFORNIA 


1868 


1918 


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INTRODUCTION 

For  many  years  it  has  been  the  wish  of  the  members  of  Oakland  Lodg'e  No. 
188,  h\  and  A.  M.,  to  compile  in  convenient  form  some  data  concerning"  the 
organization  and  accomplishments  of  the  Lodge,  and  some  brief  record  of  the 
brethren  who  guided  the  association  in  the  pioneer  days  of  its  existence.  The 
fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  188  has  been  deemed  a  fitting  occasion  for 
such  a  record  and  a  committee  consisting  of  Brothers  Wilber  Walker,  Thos.  I. 
Miller  and  Chas.  X.  Walter  have  compiled  the  booklet  herewith  presented  and 
olter  it  for  the  information  of  Masons  in  general  and  Oakland  Lodge  Xo.  18S  in 
particular. 

The  committee  desire  to  thank  the  members  for  their  co-operation  and 
assistance,  especially  those  who  furnished  the  pictures  of  om-  brethren,  many  of 
whom  have  gone  to  their  eternal  reward. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  those  who  receive  this  publication  w-ill  not  "view  it 
with  a  critic's  eye,  but  will  pass  its  imperfections  by." 

In  these  days  of  strife  and  misunderstanding,  when  even  Civilization  itself 
seems  to  be  on  trial,  may  it  not  be  a  relief  to  consider  for  a  brief  season  a  few 
records  of  those  divine  tenets  of  our  beloved  Order :  Brotherly  Love,  Relief  and 
Truth,  and  above  all  Charity,  the  cap  stone  of  the  Masonic  Arch? 

WILBER  WALKER. 


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CITY    HALL    OF    OAKLAND,     CALIFORNIA 

THE     CORNERSTONE     WAS     LAID     OCTOBER      13,      1911,     BY     THE     GRAND     LODGE     OF     CALIFORNIA, 

FREE    AND   ACCEPTED    MASONS,    IN    THE    PRESENCE    OF    BROTHER    WILLIAM    HOWARD    TAFT. 

PRESIDENT     OF     THE     UNITED     STATES 


[5] 


THE  LODGE 

Thou  to  'whom  'we  nothing  give 
That  comes  not  back  again; 
Mother  in  ijvhose  life  live  live 
The  lives  of  better  men, 
Raised  from  ignorance  are  ^e 
To  live  a  richer  life  in  thee. 

James  Henry  MacLajferty,  P.  M. 


[6] 


[7] 


GEORGE  C.  PERKINS 

George  Clement  Perkins,  Past  Grand  Master,  was  initiated  a  Mason  in  the  Oroville 
Lodge  No.  103,  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  1860.  Worshipful  Master  of  Oroville  Lodge  Xo.  103,  1869-1870 
Exalted  a  R.  A.  M.  same  year  in  Franklin  Chapter  No.  20  at  Oroville,  California.  Elected 
Secretary  in  1861,  filling  all  the  intermediate  positions  during  his  membership  of  the  Chapter. 
Elected  High  Priest  of  the  same  Chapter,  1866.  Dimitted  therefrom  Nov.  5,  1885,  and 
affiliated  1889  with  Oakland  Chapter  No.  36,  R.  A.  M.,  in  Oakland,  California.  Created 
Knight  Templar  in  Oroville  Commandery.  Dimitted  from  Oroville  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  M..  and 
affiliated  as  a  life  member  with  Oakland  Lodge  No.  188,  F.  &  A.  M.  Elected  Junior  Warden 
of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  U.  S.  in  1883.  Elected  Junior  Grand  Warden  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  F.  &  A.  M.,  California,  1871.  Senior  Warden,  1872.  Deputy  Grand  ^Lister.  1873. 
Grand  Master,  187-1. 

POLITICAL  RECORD 
State  Senator,  1869. 
Governor,  1879. 
United  States  Senator,  1897  to  1917 


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MASONRY  IN  CALIFORNIA 
1850-1918 

This  Masonic  record  would  not  be  complete  without  at  least  a  brief  reference 
to  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  F.  and  A.  M.  of  California. 

To  the  pioneer  it  seems  as  if  Masonry  in  the  Days  of  Gold  meant  more  than 
in  these  present  days.  Perhaps  it  is  due  to  the  fact  that  "distance  lends  enchantment 
to  the  view,"  or  it  may  be  that  the  multiplicity  of  fraternal  orders  in  these  modern 
times,  when  organizations  seem  to  spring  up  in  a  single  night  like  mushrooms, 
or  perchance  there  were  more  opportunities  for  brotherhood  when  the  Pacific 
Coast  was  thronged  with  pilgrims  from  almost  every  land  on  earth,  and  the  term 
"brother"  meant  really  the  tenets  of  our  Order,  Brotherly  Love,  Relief  and 
Truth.  How  or  whv  we  know  not,  but  this  we  do  know,  that  the  Square  and 
Compass  were  symbols  of  true  fraternity  in  pioneer  days,  and  that  even  the  sons 
of  pioneers  can  bear  witness  of  the  great  services  rendered  by  the  brethren  of 
the  Mystic  Tie.  The  roster  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  F.  &  A.  AL,  is  largely  the  roster 
of  men  who  did  things,  and  did  them  honorably,  and  the  Mason  who  can  read  the 
names  and  deeds  of  California  pioneer  Masons,  without  emotion,  has  lost  his 
enthusiasm,  or  never  had  any  to  lose. 

On  April  IT,  18o(),  a  meeting  was  held,  attended  by  representatives  of  four 
Masonic  Lodges,  to  consider  the  advisability  of  forming  a  Grand  Lodge  for  the 
State  of  Califori^ia. 

On  May  7,  1850,  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  California  was  con- 
stituted at  a  meeting  held  in  the  city  of  Sacramento  by  representatives  of  the 
following  Lodges : 

California  No.  1,  San  Francisco. 

Western  Star  No.  2,  Benton  City. 

Tehama  No.  3,  Sacramento. 

Berryman  No.  4,  Sacramento. 

Benicia  No.  5,  Benicia. 

Sutter  No.  6,  Sacramento. 

Johnathan  D.  Stevenson  was  elected  Grand  Master.  This  handful  of  faith- 
ful men  took  up  the  work  with  enthusiasm,  and  the  amounts  raised  and  expended 
for  relief  seem  almost  like  fairy  tales  in  these  modern  days. 

At  the  semi-annual  communication  in  November,  1850,  the  following  Lodges 
were  reported,  with  their  membership:  California  No.  1,  56;  Western  Star,  no 
returns ;  Tehama  No.  3.  29  ;  Jennings  No.  4,  22 ;  Benicia  No.  5,  22 ;  Sutter  No.  6, 
18 ;  Davy  Crockett  No.  7,  31 ;  San  Jose  No.  10,  22 ;  Marysville  No.  9,  no  returns ; 
Tuolumne  No.  8,  34;  Willamette  No.  11,  24  (this  was  at  Portland,  Oregon  Ter- 
ritory). Total  Lodges,  11.  Total  members  as  reported,  258;  Fellow  Crafts,  11; 
E.  A.'s,  22.     Total  number  initiated,  92 ;  passed,  74 ;  raised,  70. 

Year  1868 :  California  No.  1,  376  ;  Western  Star  No.  2,  17  ;  Tehama  No.  3,  71 ; 
Benicia  No.  5,  42  ;  Tuolumne  No.  8,  60 ;  Marysville  No.  9,  48 ;  San  Jose  No.  10. 
94;  Yount  No.  12,  34;  Nevada  No.  13,  121;  Temple  No.  14,  27;  Eureka  No.  16. 
42 ;  La  Parfaite  Union  No.  17,  86 ;  Mountain  Shade  No.  18,  54 ;  San  Joaquin 
No.  19,  52  ;  Washington  No.  20,  62 ;  Hawaiian  No.  21,  47  ;  Occidental  No.  22,  251 ; 
Madison  No.  23,  119;  Mariposa  No.  24,  51;  Georgetown  No.  25,  60;  El  Dorado 
No.  26,  57;  Trinity  No.  27,  68;  Columbia  No.  28,  61;  Diamond  No.  29,  32; 
Golden  Gate  No.  30,  149;  Mokelumne  Hill  No.  31,  26;  Gold  Hill  No.  32,  29; 
Ophir  No.  33,  28 ;  Santa  Clara  No.  34,  63 ;  San  Diego  No.  35,  21 ;  Saint  John's 
No.  37,  39;  Santa  Cruz  No.  38,  97;  Yuba  No.  39,  69;  Sacramento  No.  40,  114; 

[9] 


Martinez  No.  41,  48;  Los  Angeles  No.  -1:2,  T4;  Hiram  No.  43,  37  ;  Mount  Moriah 
No.  44,  213;  Crescent  No.  45,  31;  Texas  No.  46,  54;  Michigan  City  No.  47,  47; 
Forbestown  No.  50,  32;  Illinoistown  No.  51,  38;  Saint  James  No.  54,  25;  Suisun 
No.  55,  67 ;  Volcano  No.  56,  65 ;  Santa  Rosa  No.  57,  50 ;  Union  No.  58,  120 ; 
Gravel  Range  No.  59,  62;  Plumas  No.  60,  19;  Live  Oak  No.  61,  64;  George 
Washington  No.  62,  25 ;  Natoma  No.  64,  48 ;  Amador  No.  65,  40 ;  Forest  No.  66, 
37;  Morning  Star  No.  68,  78;  Corinthian  No.  69,  60;  Enterprise  No.  70,  51; 
Nebraska  No.  71,  20;  Alountain  Forest  No.  75,  29;  Bear  Mountain  No.  76,  23; 
Petaluma  No.  77,  51 ;  Calaveras  No.  78,  28 ;  Humboldt  No.  79,  38 ;  lone  No.  80, 
22;  Yolo  No.  81,  44;  Rising  Star  No.  83,  49;  Vesper  No.  84,  54;  Indian  Dig- 
gings No.  85,  19 ;  Saint  Louis  No.  86,  70 ;  Naval  No.  87,  80 ;  Quitman  No.  88,  41 ; 
Rose's  Bar  No.  89,  33;  North  Star  No.  91,  35;  Acacia  No.  92.  28;  Saint  Helena 
No.  93,  24;  Henry  Clay  No.  95,  40;  Howard  No.  96,  45;  Jefferson  No.  97,  37; 
Hornitos  No.  98.  46 ;  La  Grange  No.  99,  23 ;  Campo  Seco  No.  100,  35 ;  Clay 
No.  101,  36  ;  Manzanita  No.  102,  70  ;  Oroville  No.  103,  68  ;  Lexington  No.  104,  33  ; 
Siskiyou  No.  105,  19;  Areata  No.  106,  28;  Mount  Jefferson  No.  107,  12;  Owen 
No.  108,  23 ;  Dibble  No.  109,  21 ;  Pajaro  No.  110,  36 ;  Chico  No.  Ill,  71 ;  Summit 
No.  112,  30;  Eden  No.  113,  40;  Mount  Zion  No.  114,  18;  Saint  Mark's  No.  115, 
21;  Concord  No.  117,  49;  Clinton  No.  119,  18;  Fidelity  No.  120,  130;  Ionic 
No.  121,  34 ;  Alamo  No.  122,  35 ;  Sotoyome  No.  123,  42 ;  Table  Mountain  No.  124, 
31;  Progress  No.  125.  103;  LaFayette  No.  126,  64;  Hermann  No.  127,  91; 
Visalia  No.  128,  76;  Nicolaus  No.  129,  15;  Woodbridge  No.  131,  43;  Sincerity 
No.  132,  48;  Yosemite  No.  133,  31;  Vacaville  No.  134,  46;  Valley  No.  135,  36; 
Pacific  No.  136,  167  ;  Violet  No.  138,  17  ;  Crockett  No.  139,  83  ;  Curtis  No.  140,  21 ; 
Grafton  No.  141,  23 ;  Colusa  No.  142,  49 ;  Franklin  No.  143,  15 ;  Oriental  No.  144, 
129 ;  Vitruvius  No.  145,  29 ;  Abell  No.  146,  52 ;  Eel  River  No.  147,  35 ;  Lassen 
No.  149.  56;  Molino  No.  150,  32;  Palmyra  No.  151,  45;  Mount  Carmel  No.  155, 
33;  Woodland  No.  156.  39;  Gibsonville  No.  158,  32;  Pilot  Hill  No.  160,  16; 
Keystone  No.  161,  24;  Harmony  No.  164,  27;  Excelsior  No.  166,  131;  Alameda 
No.  167,  42;  San  Mateo  No.  168,  33;  Mission  No.  169,  95;  Elk  Grove  No.  173, 
18;  Drytown  No.  174,  27;  Antioch  No.  175,  50;  Merced  No.  176;  Aztlan 
No.  177,  44;  Phoenix  No.  178,  21 ;  Mendocino  No.  179,  45;  Arcturas  No.  180.  29; 
Russian  River  No.  181,  42;  Meridian  No.  182,  16;  Clear  Lake  No.  183,  27; 
Sierra  Valley  No.  184,  21;  Claiborne  No.  185,  13;  Evening  Star  No.  186.  30; 
Keith  No.  187,  36;  Oakland  No.  188,  41;  Latrobe  No.  189,  12;  Northern  Light 
No.  190,  15 ;  Marin  No.  191,  21 ;  Santa  Barbara  No.  192,  12.  The  total  member- 
ship is  reported  as  8,106,  which  includes  Ferndale  V.  D.,  8. 

The  Lodges  in  Alameda  County  in  1868  are  included  above. 
For  the  year  ended  August  31,  1918,  there  were  369  chartered  Lodges,  the 
membership  of  which  cannot  be  given  at  this  time,  because  all  reports  are  not 
yet  in.     There  are  three  Lodges  now  under  dispensation :  Yorba  Linda,  formed 
February  13.  1918;  Lincoln,  June  25,  1918,  and  Delta,  August  17,  1918. 

The  condensed  record  of  membership  is  as  follows,  but  the  reports  not  being 
all  in,  the  figures  for  August  31,  1918,  are  approximately  correct: 

November.   1850       258 

August   31.   1868 8.106 

August   31,   1916 57,856 

August  31,   1917 60,384 

August  31.  1918 63.979 

Certainly  this  is  a  wonderful  record  as  to  numerical  increase. 
But  the  Fraternity  has  not  only  increased  its  membership,  but  has  increased 
its  influence  in  the  community  and  is  now  a  power  for  good  throughout  the  great 
State  of  California.     Surely  the  humble  acorn  of  1850  has  grown  into  the  sturdv 
oak  of  1918 

[10] 


With  a  gain  of  3,. "586  members,  the  greatest  annual  increase  in  the  sixty- 
nine  years  of  its  existence  the  Masonic  Grand  Lodge  of  California,  which  opens 
its  annual  session  in  San  Francisco  Tuesday,  October  tS,  1918,  will  be  advised 
that  its  membership  is  now  03,979,  the  greatest  membership  of  any  fraternal 
organization  in  the  State.  The  Order  has  established  another  record  in  the 
induction  in  the  service  of  Uncle  Sam  in  his  war  for  democracy  of  5,349 
Masons.  Its  nearest  approach  to  the  large  gain  in  membership  the  past  year 
was  in  1915,  the  Exposition  year,  when  the  Order  made  a  gain  of  2,700  mem- 
bers in  California. 

The  largest  gain  in  membership  is  reported  in  the  Southern  part  of  the 
State,  five  Lodges  of  Los  Angeles  showing  a  membership  of  more  than  500 
each.  Hollenbeck  Lodge  No.  319  of  the  Southern  city,  now  leads  the  Lodges 
throughout  the  State  in  membership,  with  967,  passing  Mission  Lodge  No.  1G9 
of  San  Francisco,  which  for  many  years,  held  the  record  for  membership.  Mis- 
sion Lodge  has  900  members. 

There  are  now  twenty  Lodges  in  California  with  a  membership  of  more 
than  500,     San  Francisco  has  seven  Lodges  with  more  than  500  enrolled. 

BUY    LIBERTY   BONDS 

The  382  Subordinate  Lodges  purchased  from  their  treasuries  Liberty  Bonds 
amounting  to  more  than  $300,000.  Individual  purchases  by  the  membership  run 
to  many  millions  of  dollars. 

The  Grand  Master's  special  war  fund,  raised  by  voluntary  contributions  of 
members,  for  the  care  of  returning  soldiers  who  may  be  in  need  amounts  to 
$00,000. 

The  Order  also  maintains  employment  bureaus  at  Los  Angeles,  Oakland  and 
San  Francisco,  placing  members  of  the  Order  out  of  employment  in  positions. 

One  of  the  most  important  matters  to  be  considered  will  be  a  report  on  the 
proposed  recognition  by  the  California  Masonic  fraternity  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity in  France,  Belgium  and  Italy.  Until  a  year  ago  the  Masonic  fraternity 
of  the  United  States  did  not  recognize  the  Masonic  organizations  of  these  coun- 
tries nor  those  of  Germany,  Masons  of  this  country  not  being  permitted  to  visit 
or  hold  any  intercourse  with  these  foreign  Masonic  bodies. 

LET    DOWN    B.\RS 

Last  year,  for  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  California  organization, 
the  bars  were  let  down  and  permission  extended  its  members  to  visit  the  Lodges 
of  France.  This  action  was  taken  because  of  the  war  and  the  close  relationship 
now  existing  between  France  and  the  L  nited  States. 

The  1917  Grand  Lodge  appointed  a  special  committee  with  Grand  Master 
William  R.  Hervey  of  Los  Angeles  as  chairman  to  make  an  investigation  of  the 
Masfiuic  organizations  of  France,  Italy  and  Belgium  with  a  view  of  according 
full  recognition  by  the  California  fraternity  of  the  Masonic  organizations  of 
those  countries.  This  committee  will  present  a  complete  report  and,  it  is  under- 
stood, will  recommend  recognition  of  the  Masonic  bodies  of  those  countries. 
The  Masonic  fraternity  of  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  have  long  rec- 
ognized the  jurisdiction  of  each  other.  The  reason  given  for  lack  of  recognition 
of  the  Masonic  organizations  of  France,  Italy  and  Belgium  is  that  to  a  more  or 
less  extent  political  action  has  guided  their  destinies. 


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FIFTY  YEARS  OF  MASONRY  IN  ALAMEDA 
COUNTY  (1868- 1918) 

\\'hen  a  dispensation  was  granted  by  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  to 
form  a  Lodge,  which  w-as  subsequently  chartered  as  Oakland  Lodge  Xo.  188. 
there  w'ere  three  Lodges  then  at  w^ork  in  Alameda  County :  Live  Oak  Lodge 
No.  61  at  Oakland,  with  a  membership  of  04  Master  Masons ;  Eden  Lodge  No. 
113,  at  San  Leandro  with  a  membership  of  -tO  Master  Masons;  and  Alameda 
Lodge  No.  16T.  at  Centerville,  with  a  membership  of  42  Master  Masons. 

The  records  of  the  Craft  in  this  county  in  the  early  days  are  few,  and  the 
numbers  of  the  brethren  were  small.  But  they  made  up  in  ijuality  what  they 
lacked  in  quantity,  and  sturdy  old  Live  Oak  can  certainly  point  with  pride  to  its 
founders  and  those  who  carried  the  burden  in  the  pioneer  days. 

When  we  think  of  such  brethren  as  Reverend  Benjamin  Akerly.  Judge  Sam 
Bell  McKee,  Francis  K.  Shattuck,  Thatcher  P.  Wales,  P.  G.  M.  Edward  H.  Hart, 
J.  J.  Warner,  and  others  on  the  Roll  of  Honor  of  No.  (il,  and  when  we  recall 
that  some  of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  county  were  on  the  rolls  of  No.  113 
and  No.  I(i7  we  realize  that  the  foundations  of  Masonry  in  Alameda  County 
were  laid  on  the  solid  rock  of  character  and  ability,  and  that  that  solid  founda- 
tion has  developed  a  structure  of  which  the  Craft  in  Alameda  County  may  well 
be  proud. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  all  Lodges  now  in  Alameda  County,  w  ith  member- 
ship as  reported  August  31,  1918 : 

Alameda  No.  107,  113;  Alcatraz  No.  244,  420;  AHsal  No.  321.  77;  Apollo 
No.  396,  178;  Bay  View  No.  401,  248;  Berkeley  No.  363,  385;  Brooklyn  No.  22.'). 
439;  Charter  Rock  No.  410,  405;  Durant  No.  268,  451;  Eden  No.  113.  139; 
Eucalyptus  No.  243,  111 ;  Fruitvale  No.  336,  381 ;  Live  Oak  No.  61,  789  ;  Mosaic 
No.  218,  95 ;  Oak  Grove  No.  215,  448 ;  Oakland  No.  188,  641 ;  Rockridge  No.  468, 
58;  Sequoia  No.  349,  620;  Standard  No.  440,  133;  Yerba  Buena  No.  403.  248. 
Twenty  Lodges  in  all,  with  a  total  membership  of  6,379  Master  Masons.  Plea.se 
excuse  the  statement  that  this  is  going  some. 

The  growth  of  the  Craft  has  been  a  steady,  healthy  growth,  and  the  quality 
of  the  membership  is  remarkably  good.  A  large  portion  of  the  new  membership 
consists  of  sons  and  grandsons  of  pioneer  members,  and  who  shall  say  that  such 
stock  will  not  reflect  honor  on  our  ancient  and  honorable  Fraternity? 

In  the  last  half  century  our  county  has  increased  in  population,  wealth  and 
resources,  but  in  no  respect  has  the  increase  been  as  great  as  it  has  been  in  our 
beloved  Order.  Alameda  County  can  well  be  proud  of  its  growth,  and  the 
Masons  of  our  county  can  certainly  feel  a  commendable  pride  in  the  wonderful 
development  locally  of  the  influence  of  the  Mystic  Tie.  The  Fraternity  which 
numbers  in  its  ranks  such  citizens  and  patriots  as  George  Washington,  Benjamin 
Franklin,  Henry  Clay,  William  McKinley,  Theodore  Roosevelt,  and  many  others 
of  illustrious  fame,  cannot  fail  to  be  held  responsible  in  a  large  degree  for  the 
welfare  of  the  community  in  which  it  resides.  It  is  up  to  the  Masonic  Fraternity 
of  Alameda  County  to  so  centralize  its  great  power  as  to  hold  in  check  those 
tendencies  which  are  inimical  to  good  government. 

It  is  the  duty  of  our  great  Fraternity  to  safeguard  the  liberties  of  the  nation, 
so  that  "Government  of  the  people,  by  the  people  and  for  the  people  shall  not 
perish  from  the  earth." 

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W.  FRANK  PIERCE 

Received  Third  Degree  in  Oakland  Lodge,  June  24,  1882.  Received  Royal  Arch  Degree, 
Oakland  Chapter  No.  36,  August  14,  1882.  Received  Council  Degrees,  October  19,  1882. 
Received  Templar  Degree,  October  31.  1882.  Received  Scottish  Rite  Degrees,  September 
30,  1883.     Received  Thirty-third  Degree,  January  16,  1887. 

Charter  member  of  all  the  Oakland  Scottish  Rite  bodies. 

Made  an  active  member  of  the  Supreme  Council,  Scottish  Rite  Masonry,  October  18,  1893, 
at  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

Master  Oakland  Lodge  188,  F.  &  A.  M.,  1893. 

High  Priest  Oakland  Chapter  No.  36,  R.  A.  M..  18S7. 

Thrice  Illustrious  Master  Oakland  Council  No.  12,  R.  &  S.  ^L,  1885. 

Commander  Oakland  Commandery   No.   11,   Knights  Templar,   1892. 

Grand  Master  Grand  Lodge  of  California,   1910. 

Grand  High  Priest,  California,  1897. 

Grand  Master  Grand  Council  of  California.  1890.  1891.  1892. 

Grand  Commander  Knights  Templar  of  California.  1902-1904. 


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Our   First  Master 

NATHAN  W.   SPAULDING 
1868  -  69  -  73  -  79  -  80  -  81 


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HISTORY  OF  OAKLAND  LODGE  No.  i88 

"To  their  follies  often  blind 
To  their  virtues  ever  kind" 


XCE  UPOX  A  TIME,  as  the  fairy  tales  often  express  it,  more 
tlian  half  a  century  ago,  the  County  of  Alameda  was  discovered 
by  the  outside  world.  Its  magnificent  soil,  climate  and  situation 
began  to  have  their  efifect  and  a  wonderful  growth  started ;  not 
a  boom,  but  a  steady  increase  in  population  and  resources,  which 
has  continued  ever  since  and,  in  the  opinion  of  the  writer,  has 
in  the  year  1918  only  entered  on  its  first  chapter.  The  writer 
has  resided  in  California  since  1852  and  in  Oakland  since  1855.  He  has  witnessed 
a  wonderful  development  in  that  sixty-three  years,  but  what  will  be  the  population 
of  Alameda  County  in  1981,  as  seen  by  the  grandchildren  of  those  now  here? 

In  1868  the  total  population  of  the  county  was  less  than  20,000  and  the  city 
limits  of  Oakland  were  bounded  on  the  north  by  Thirty-sixth  Street  and  on  the 
east  by  what  is  now  Lake  Merritt,  but  which  at  that  time  was  an  open  branch 
of  the  estuary. 

The  Oakland  of  1868  was  not  the  Oakland  of  1918.  In  1868  the  northern 
limit  of  business  was  Tenth  Street,  and  when  Broadway  Block,  still  standing, 
was  built,  it  was  considered  doubtful  whether  its  location,  Broadway  between 
Eleventh  and  Twelfth,  west  side,  was  not  too  far  out  of  town  to  attract  business. 
The  advent  of  the  first  transcontinental  railroad  to  San  Francisco  Bay  at  Oakland 
was  an  event  of  world-wide  importance.  The  dream  of  the  century  was  realized* 
and  when  the  first  train  passed  down  First  Street  to  the  wharf  at  West  Oakland, 
the  people  of  Oakland  believed  the  future  of  the  city  was  assured.  Oakland 
began  a  growth  which  has  continued  and  will  continue. 

Where  we  then  secured  one  transcontinental  railroad,  we  now  have  three. 

Fifty  years  ago  there  were  three  Masonic  Lodges  in  Alameda  County:  7..ive 
Oak  No.  61,  at  Oakland;  Eden  No.  113,  at  San  Leandro ;  and  Alameda  No.  167, 
at  Centerville.  Live  Oak  then  held  their  meetings  in  Shattuck  Hall,  on  the  corner 
of  Eighth  and  Broadway.  Live  Oak  was  proceeding  along  in  the  even  tenor  of 
its  way  under  the  leadership  of  its  conservative  officers,  when  something  happened 
which  caused  these  brethren  to  sit  up  and  take  notice. 

In  the  access  of  new  population  it  was  natural  that  members  of  the  ^Masonic 
fraternity  should  be  included,  and  there  were  many  applications  for  affiliation 
with  Live  Oak  No.  61. 

On  March  7,  1868,  the  following  brethren  met  at  the  hall  of  Live  Oak  Lodge 
No.  61  and  petitioned  Grand  blaster  William  A.  Davies  for  a  dispensation  to 
form  a  new  Lodge  to  be  known  as  Oakland  Lodge,  being  dimited  from  Lodges 
as  follows : 


Nathan  W.  Spaulding 
Joseph  W.  Hoag 
Arthur  W.  Hawki:tt 
John  Lai  no 
Perrv  Johnson 
Enoch  H.  Pardee 
George  R.  Walker 
John  W.  Mvrick 
Chas.  B.  Rutherf-ori) 


Mission  Lodge 

Live  Oak  Lodge 

Live  Oak  Lodge 

Live  Oak  Lodge 

Live  Oak  Lodge 

Excelsior  Lodge 

Blount  Moriah  Lodge 

Rising  Star  Lodge 

Tuolumne  Lodsfe 


No. 

169 

No. 

61 

No. 

61 

No. 

61 

No. 

61 

No. 

166 

No. 

44 

No. 

83 

No. 

8 

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Wm.  C.  Hoagland  .         .         .  Naval  Lodge  No.     87 

Wm.  H.  Smith  ....  Warren  Lodge  No.  147 
Francis  Reichling  .  .  .  Volcano  Lodge  No.  56 
John  Hill      .       Victoria  (British  Columbia)  Lodge  No.  783 

A  dispensation  was  granted  March  15,  1868.     The  first  meeting  was  held 
March  18,  1868,  and  the  following  officers  were  appointed: 


Nathan  W.  Spaulding     .     .     W.  M. 

Joseph  W.  Hoag S.  W. 

Enoch  H.  Pardee J.  W. 

Francis  Reichling  .  .  .  Treasurer 
Charles  B.  Rutherford  .  Secretary 
Lemuel  G.  Chapman      .     .     .     S.  D. 

At  the  nineteenth  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  October  15, 
1868,  a  charter  was  granted  to  Oakland  Lodge  No.  188,  with  the  following 
officers  and  members : 


Arthur  W.  Hawkett 
George  R.  Walker  . 
Perry  Johnson  .  . 
John  Hill  .... 
E.  L  Smith    .... 


.  J.  D. 
Marshal 
Steward 
Steward 
.     Tyler 


Nathan  W.  Spaulding 
Joseph  W.  Hoag    .     .     . 
Enoch  H.  Pardee  .     .     . 
Francis  Reichling  .     . 
Charles  B.  Rutherford 


Charles  P.  Adams 
James  Batchelder 
Van  Leer  Eastland 
John  Hanner 
C.  C.  Knowles 
Chas.  L.  Lucas 
J.  W.  Myrick 
Joseph  B.  Scotchler 
Ben  F.  Stillwell 
J.  C.  Van  Wyck 


.     W.  M.  Lemuel  G.  Chapman      .     .  .     S.  D. 

.     S.  W.  Arthur  W.  Hawkett     .     .  .     J.  D. 

.     J.  W.  George  R.  Walker     .     .     .  Marshal 

Treasurer  John  Hill Steward 

Secretary  Perry  Johnson      ....  Steward 


Master  Masons 

Thos.  W.  Bailey 
Fred  M.  Campbell 

Wm.  J.  GURNETT 

Patrick  Hays 
John  Laing 
Robert  ]\IcCurdy 
E.  J.  Pasmore 
Edward  C.  Sessions 
Daniel  Tickner 
James  A.  Webster 

Fcllo'cV  Craft 
Charles  S.  Williams 


Pliny  Bartlett 
Myron  T.  Dusinbury 
Edward  B.  Geary 
Wm.  C.  Hoagland 
James  Larue 
Wm.  H.  Miller 

P.    N.    Re  MILLARD 

Wm.  S.  Snook 
H.  S.  Tucker 
Tames  H.  Wilson 


Entered  Apprentices' 


J.  E.  Blethen 
Robert  Noblett 


GoRHAM  H.  Moore 
John  B.  Watson 


The  only  survivors  at  this  date  are : 

Myron  T.  Dusinbury,  of  Oakland  Lodge  No.  188. 

James  A.  Webster,  of  Brooklyn  Lodge  No.  225. 

If  ever  a  man  deserved  the  title  of  Master  of  a  Lodge,  that  man  was 
Nathan  Weston  Spaulding,  a  kindly  man,  a  brainy,  brawny  man,  full  of  the 
milk  of  human  kindness  and  the  true  spirit  of  the  teachings  of  Free  Masonry. 
With  little  of  so-called  culture,  for  his  hands  were  calloused  and  his  shoulders 
bent  by  honest  toil,  he  yet  possessed  the  true  culture  of  human  sympathy. 

That  culture  of  the  fraternal  spirit  attracted  to  his  side  kindred  spirits,  who 
gave  to  him  such  loyal  support  and  co-operation  that  he  was  able  to  produce 


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grand  and  glorious  results.  Nathan  Weston  Spaulding  was  a  born  leader  of 
men.  He  appealed  to  the  best  in  man,  and  though  not  always  flawless  himself, 
he  cultivated  and  brought  out  the  best  in  others. 

He  quickly  identified  himself  with  public  affairs,  became  Councilman  and 
Mayor  of  Oakland,  and  subsequently  United  States  Sub-Treasurer,  where  mil- 
lions of  money  passed  honestly  through  his  hands.  When  Mayor  of  Oakland, 
he  donated  his  entire  salary  to  charity. 

Brother  Spaulding  was  a  tower  of  strength  not  only  to  Oakland  Lodge,  but 
also  to  Oakland  Masonry.  Between  March  IG,  1868,  and  December  34,  1868, 
thirty-eight  members  were  received ;  during  1869,  sixty-four  members,  and  during 
1870,  twenty-nine  members,  which  record  surely  caused  No.  61  to  sit  up  and 
take  notice. 

The  corps  of  officers  associated  with  Brother  Spaulding  made  this  progress 
natural  and  easy.  All  were  representative  men,  business  men,  and  commanded 
the  confidence  of  the  community,  especially  as  during  a  portion  of  his  term  as 
Master  he  occupied  the  position  of  Mayor  of  Oakland.  The  new  Lodge  occupied 
a  hall  built  for  its  use  in  Broadway  Block  at  the  corner  of  Twelfth  and  Broadway 
until  the  completion  of  the  Masonic  Temple  in  1881.  Oakland  Lodge  was 
largely  a  commuters'  Lodge,  and  many  were  the  discussions  of  Masonic  matters 
on  the  afterdeck  of  the  ferry  boat.  Saturday  night  was  selected  as  the  most 
convenient  meeting  time,  and  though  several  efforts  have  been  made  to  change 
the  evening  on  account  of  inconvenience  to  many  of  our  members,  we  still  cling 
to  Saturday  night,  and  it  is  doubtful  whether  any  change  will  ever  be  made. 

At  the  institution  of  Oakland  Lodge,  when  it  was  found  necessary  to  raise 
funds  for  the  purchase  of  furniture  and  paraphernalia,  it  was  suggested  that  as 
many  of  the  brethren  as  felt  so  disposed  might  purchase  life  memberships  at  one 
hundred  dollars  each,  and  the  funds  so  raised  could  be  spent  for  the  necessary 
furniture.  The  suggestion  was  carried  out,  and  the  Lodge  has  always  looked 
with  favor  on  life  memberships. 

The  second  Master  was  Joseph  B.  Scotchler,  one  of  the  most  courteous  gen- 
tlemen who  ever  graced  the  Oriental  chair  in  any  Masonic  Lodge.  No.  188 
continued  to  thrive  during  his  term  of  office  and  the  membership  rapidly  increased. 

Enoch  H.  Pardee,  the  succeeding  Master,  embodied  in  his  make-up  many  dis- 
similar elements.  Under  a  seemingly  rugged  exterior,  he  concealed  the  kindness 
and  Masonic  consideration  of  a  true  brother.  Many  a  destitute  Mason  in  ill 
health  was  relieved  by  him  without  money  and  without  price,  and  the  Doctor  was 
seemingly  offended  if  even  a  few  words  of  thanks  were  offered  by  the  recipient. 
While  his  ritual  work  often  brought  smiles  to  the  faces  of  his  fellow  officers,  as, 
for  instance,  when  he  coolly  ordered  a  certain  individual  to  be  taken  without  the 
gates  and  have  his  head  chopped  off,  the  brethren  knew  that  what  he  lacked  in 
book  Masonry  he  more  than  made  up  in  real  genuine  Masonic  charity. 

W.  J.  Gurnett  succeeded  E.  H.  Pardee  and  measured  up  to  the  standard  of 
his  predecessors,  and  No.  188  continued  to  increase  in  membership  and  in 
Masonic  work. 

James  H.  Wilson,  Senior  Warden,  having  for  business  reasons  declined  the 
office  of  Master,  the  Lodge  again  called  Brother  Spaulding  to  the  East  and  the 
upward  growth  continued. 

Brother  Spaulding  was  followed  by  James  Dods,  W.  A.  Walter  and  J.  J. 
Porter,  and  in  1877  Brother  Jesse  Walton  was  chosen  to  guide  the  destinies 
of  No.  188. 

I  might  say  many  pleasant  things  about  Brother  Jesse.  Certainly  I  could 
not  truthfully  say  any  unpleasant  things.  Brother  Walton  is  still  with  us,  and 
we  hope   for  many  more  years.     Those  of  us  who  now  have  the  pleasure  of 

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Masonic  fellowship  with  him  realize  that  a  Lodge  under  his  guidance  must  be 
indeed  a  pleasant  meeting  place. 

Brother  Alvah  K.  Clark  succeeded  Brother  Walton,  and  Brother  X.  W. 
Spaulding  was  again  called  to  the  Oriental  chair  in  18?9,  1880  and  1881.  Oak- 
land Lodge  had  by  this  time  become  one  of  the  leading  Lodges  in  the  State  of 
California,  and  when  in  1881  the  Masonic  Temple  of  Oakland,  erected  at  a  cost 
of  $100,000,  was  dedicated  free  from  debt,  it  seemed  as  if  Nathan  Weston  Spauld- 
ing had  placed  the  keystone  in  the  arch  of  his  Masonic  work  in  Oakland. 

The  dedication  of  the  Temple  was  an  occasion  for  the  gathering  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity  of  Alameda  and  San  Francisco  Counties,  and  the  brethren 
of  Oakland  felt  that  at  last  they  had  a  meeting  place  of  which  they  might  well 
be  proud. 

George  E.  Whitney  succeeded  Brother  Spaulding  in  1882,  and  during  his 
term  was  inaugurated  the  movement  which  culminated  in  the  ^Masonic  Home  at 
Decoto.  It  was  advocated  in  the  Grand  Lodge  by  Brothers  Whitney.  Spaulding, 
Walton,  Clark  and  O'Keefe,  and  finally  the  action  was  taken  and  the  purchase 
of  the  site  and  erection  of  the  first  building  were  authorized. 

During  the  term  of  W.  M.  E.  H.  Morgan,  the  pipe  organ  was  built  and 
installed.  The  funds  were  raised  by  subscription  of  the  various  bodies  meeting 
in  the  Temple  and  I'rother  ^Morgan  deserves  a  large  part  of  the  credit  for  the 
result. 

In  1895,  during  the  term  of  Charles  F.  Ott  as  Worshipful  Master,  a  very 
pleasing  incident  occurred  in  the  raising  to  the  Sublime  Degree  of  X^'alter  C. 
Wilcox  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  California. 

In  1878.  an  epidemic  of  yellow  fever  at  New  Orleans  deprived  Walter  of 
his  father  and  mother  when  he  was  only  four  years  of  age.  In  spite  of  his 
tender  years,  he  left  New  Orleans  for  Sacramento,  California,  with  a  tag  in  the 
buttonhole  of  his  jacket  commending  him  to  the  care  and  protection  of  the 
Fraternity  whithersoever  dispersed  for  his  safe  delivery  at  the  home  of  his 
grandmother  in  Sacramento.  At  the  time  of  his  arrival,  the  Grand  Lodge  was 
in  annual  communication,  and  the  boy  was  introduced  by  Grand  Master  Atkinson 
to  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  was  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  California,  an 
appropriation  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  month  was  made  for  his  support,  and 
Grand  Treasurer  N.  W.  Spaulding  was  appointed  his  guardian.  The  trust  was 
faithfully  carried  out  and  Walter  Carey  Wilcox  is  a  member  of  Oakland  Lodge 
and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Oakland. 

Brother  W'ilcox  is  a  living  illustration  of  the  fact  that  Masonry  is  something 
more  than  a  mere  abstract  idea. 

In  a  publication  like  this  souvenir  booklet,  it  is  not  possible  to  speak  par- 
ticularly of  the  details  of  each  of  the  administrations  of  the  forty-three  Masters 
w^ho  have  served  No.  188  in  the  half  century  ending  October  15,  1918.  In  the 
language  of  the  highway,  we  can  only  hit  the  high  spots,  as  it  were,  and  many 
of  the  most  useful  and  popular  presiding  officers  have  very  little  space  in  any 
published  record. 

One  brother  of  our  Lodge  was  honored  by  being  elected  as  Grand  Master 
of  California.  He  had  been  a  busy  man.  one  whose  time  had  ever  been  crowded 
with  work  and  whose  able  grasp  of  aflfairs  often  compelled  him  to  turn  night 
into  day  in  the  development  of  his  adopted  State,  the  great  State  of  California. 
Nevertheless  he  always  had  leisure  for  Masonic  work  and  the  service  of  a  dis- 
tressed worthy  brother.  He  was  ever  ready  to  travel  from  West  to  East,  and 
even  from  North  to  South,  seeking  further  light  in  Masonry.  To  him.  Masonry 
was  a  great  moral  system  and  a  religion  to  which  he  devoted  all  his  leisure  time, 
and  for  which  he  often  neglected  his  own  orivate  business,  ^^'hen.  at  his 
request,  he  was  installed  as  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  California  bv 

r  18  1 


his  friend  and  brother,  P.  G.  M.  George  C.  Perkins,  we  who  were  present  Httle 
thought  that  it  would  be  his  last  visit  to  his  mother  Lodge,  over  which  he  had 
presided  in  1893.  Able,  honored  and  successful,  he  might  well  look  forward  to 
years  of  enjoyment  of  his  business  and  his  services  in  Masonry.  But  it  was  not 
so  allotted  in  the  plans  of  the  Great  Architect  of  the  Universe.  God  took  him 
and  he  was  not. 

May  the  fragrance  of  the  acacia,  which  was  laid  on  his  last  resting  place, 
and  the  perfume  of  his  many  Masonic  virtues  waft  perpetual  incense  about  the 
memory  of  William  I"'rank  Pierce,  not  as  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master,  but 
just  as  "l<"rank." 

No  chronicle  of  any  organization  should  be  complete  without  reference  to 
the  ordinary  membership.  Many  members  of  the  craft  are  too  busy  with  other 
things  to  devote  much  time  to  the  service  of  the  Lodge,  but  many  such  brethren 
contribute  to  the  general  prosperity  of  the  Order. 

Oakland  Lodge  has  been  successful  as  well  by  the  high  character  of  its 
membership  as  by  the  ability  of  its  officers.  Let  us  consider  a  few  of  these 
brethren. 

Henry  Durant  became  an  entered  apprentice  in  No.  188  at  the  age  of  68. 
Although  for  years  a  Presbyterian  minister,  he  found  new  significance  in  the 
Holy  Writings  under  Masonic  teaching.  A  man  of  striking  personality,  of 
unblemished  character,  he  exemplified  that  charity  which  is  the  keystone  of  our 
great  Order.  No  student  of  the  College  of  California,  now  the  University  of 
California,  fails  to  pay  tribute  to  the  noble  character  of  Henry  Durant,  a  man 
who  forgot  the  gold  of  the  earth  in  his  efforts  to  induce  young  men  to  seek  the 
gold  of  a  cultivated  and  pure  character.  No  name  on  the  roll  of  Oakland  Lodge 
stands  higher  than  that  of  Henry  Durant,  Mayor  of  Oakland  and  President  of 
the  University  of  California. 

Another  member  worthy  of  honor  was  Laurentine  Hamilton,  pastor  of  the 
Independent  Church  and  one  of  the  most  scholarly  and  useful  ministers  of  the 
gospel  of  pioneer  days. 

John  B.  Felton.  ex-Mayor  of  Oakland  and  at  one  time  leader  of  the  bar  of 
California,  was  also  a  frequent  and  welcome  orator  at  the  early  "modest  colla- 
tions" of  the  Lodge. 

Fred  M.  Campbell,  for  many  years  City  Superintendent  of  Schools  and 
afterwards  State  Superintendent,  was  also  one  of  the  most  popular  members  of 
No.  188. 

The  business  judgment  and  popularity  of  Charles  V>.  Rutherford  were  a 
factor  in  the  growth  of  our  Lodge. 

William  Bartling.  William  R.  Davis,  W.  PL  Craig,  John  A.  Britton,  John  J. 
Newsom,  Edwin  A.  Sherman,  Hugh  Craig.  James  E.  Blethen.  Edward  C.  Ses- 
sions, and  many  others,  contributed  valuable  support  to  the  oflficers  of  No.  188. 

No  stream  rises  higher  than  its  source,  and  no  corps  of  officers  can  dignify 
an  association  unless  its  members  are  worthy  and  well  ciualified.  Masonry  in 
California  in  the  pioneer  days  was  composed  of  the  better  and  most  progressive 
elements  of  society  and  was  one  of  the  keystones  of  good  order  and  good  govern- 
ment. While  Masonry  is  severely  non-political,  it  still  is  impossible  to  prevent 
Masons  from  taking  an  interest  in  political  matters,  and  if  the  people  persist  in 
electing  members  of  Oakland  Lodge  to  such  positions  as  Mayor.  Governor.  Con- 
gressman and  United  States  Senator,  how  can  we  help  it,  except  to  regret  that 
they  deserved  such  a  fate? 

Oakland  Lodge  has  been  honored  ten  times  by  the  selection  of  one  of  its 
members  as  Mayor  of  the  city.  The  following  members  have  been  Mayor  of 
Oakland:  N.  W.  Spaulding,  Mack  Webber,  W.  R.  Davis,  E.  H.  Pardee.  James  E. 
Blethen,  Henry  Durant,  John  B.  Felton,  George  C.  Pardee,  John  L.  Davie  (twice). 


Past  Master  George  C.  Pardee  has  served  the  State  of  California  as  Governor, 
and  our  distinguished  brother,  George  C.  Perkins,  Past  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  CaHfornia,  after  serving  as  Governor,  has  completed  twenty 
years'  service  as  United  States  Senator,  with  credit  to  himself  and  honor  to  the 
Fraternity.  ^Masonry  cannot  too  highly  honor  men  of  this  type,  men  who  have 
reflected  honor  on  our  ancient  and  honorable  fraternity,  men  who  have  not  been 
ashamed  to  mingle  with  their  brethren  before  election,  during  their  term  of 
office  and  after  its  expiration. 

The  service  flags  of  the  various  Masonic  Lodges  show  that  Masonry  is  the 
school  of  patriotism  and  that  the  teachings  of  our  Worshipful  Grand  Master, 
George  Washington,  have  not  been  forgotten  by  his  ^Masonic  children. 

On  an  appropriate  page  in  this  publication  appears  the  roster  of  those 
members  of  Oakland  Lodge  who  have  offered  their  services  for  Freedom  and 
Humanity. 

Oakland  Lodge  has  ever  been  blessed  with  harmony,  and  while  of  course 
there  have  been,  from  time  to  time,  differences  of  opinion  as  to  details  of  man- 
agement, at  no  period  has  there  been  any  lack  of  fraternal  feeling.  \\'e  have 
moved  on,  steadily  on,  and  today  our  association  is  stronger  financially,  stronger 
numerically,  and,  best  of  all.  stronger  fraternally  than  ever  before. 

We  have  completed  a  half  century  of  existence.  \\'e  must  look  forward 
rather  than  backward.  Who  can  picture  the  Oakland  of  1968?  Who  can  fore- 
tell the  Lodge  No.  188  of  1968?  Another  will  write  the  chronicle  of  the  second 
fifty  years  of  our  beloved  Lodge.  May  his  pen  record  as  prosperous  a  period 
and  as  useful  a  half  centurv  of  Masonrv  as  are  enclosed  in  this  booklet. 


'In  those  'whom  we  condemn  as  ill, 
I  find  so  much  ofi  goodness  Hill; 
In  men  whom  we  pronounce  divine, 
I  find  so  much  of  sin  and  blot, 
I  hesitate  to  draw  the  line 
Between  the  two,  where  God  has  not. 


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SCOTTISH     RITE     CATHEDRAL,     OAKLAND,     CALIFORNIA 


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A  DOUGHNUT'S  LAMENT 

By  Tauiesin  Evans 
Dedicated  to  Oakland  Lodge  Xo.  188,  F.  &  A.  M.   {18G8— October  14—1893) 

Years  ago  the  "modest  collations"  of  Oakland  Lodge  No.  188  consisted  chiefly  of  dougli- 
nuts,  crackers,  cheese,  fruit  and  coffee.  The  doughnut  cut  the  most  conspicuous  figure  on  the 
banquet  board,  but  it  had  grown  so  hoary  with  age  that  the  brethren  generally  desired  to  see 
it  perpetually  retired.  The  late  Brother  Charles  E.  Gillett  was  the  Tyler  and  caterer  of  the 
Lodge.  Appeals  by  the  Master,  George  C.  Pardee,  and  others,  fell  on  deaf  ears.  Brother 
Gillett  always  falling  back  on  the  doughnut  as  necessary  from  a  standpoint  of  economy.  It 
was  finally  abolished  through  the  reading  of  the  following  lines  by  Brother  Taliesin  Evans, 
at  a  banquet  held  on  October  14,  1893,  the  doughnut  speaking  for  itself: 

It  is  twenty-five  years,  or  p'raps  more,  ago 

Since  the  hour  when  first  I  saw  daylight,  you  know, 

In  a  dingy  old  cellar  on  lower  Broadway — 

The  town  was  in  petticoats  clothed,  then,  they  say — 

My  form  was  well  rounded,  my  features  were  fair. 

And,  O,  I  was  feted  and  courted — well — everywhere  ! 

The  "dad  of  the  Lodge"  was  then  handsome  and  young 

And  whispered  sweet  things  that  never  were  sung. 

But,  O,  he  was  bashful,  and  so  dreadfully  shy — 

He'd  fondle  me,  then  drop  me,  and  never  say  why ! 

And  after  him  came  others  in  annual  course — 

Each  one  in  his  turn  making  matters  much  worse. 

'Till  now,  my  dear  friends,  I'm  like   Northey's  white  hat — 

I'm  faded  and  jaded  and  old  and  all  that. 

The  years  have  sped  onward  in  rapid  array 

And  I  have  grown  wrinkled  and  haggard  and  gray ! 

My  form  is  now  shriveled,  my  features  are  hard — 

There's  no  one  who'll  touch  me  or  say  a  kind  word. 

I've  been  kicked  and  been  cuffed  and  been  tossed  all  around, 

I've  been  placed  on  the  shelf  and  thrown  on  the  ground, 

Until  I'm  at  last  forced  to  sing  my  lament, 

And  say  like  the  poet  of  old,  "Let  'er  went !" 

For  twenty-five  years  have  passed  o'er  me,  you  see. 

And  now  I'm  as  dead  as  a  doughnut  can  be ; 

So  what  is  the  use  to  cry  or  to  fret — 

I'll  surrender  the  ghost  without  hindrance  or  let. 

Saying  good-bye  to  you,  brethren,  and  ta  ta  to  Gillett. 


After  the  stated  meeting,  held  December  3,  1910,  the  doughnut  reappeared  for  the  first 
time  in  seventeen  years  at  the  banquet,  which  prompted  the  following  lines,  read  at  the 
installation  banquet,  December  10,  1910,  by  the  same  author,  the  doughnut  being  again  the 
medium  of  expression : 

THE  RESURRECTION 

By  Tai.iesin  Evans 
Read  at  Oakland  Lodge  No.  188,  F.  &  A.  M.,  December  10,  1910 

'Tis  seventeen  years  since,  on  this  mundane  sphere, 

You,  brethren,  gave  me  decent  burial  here. 

I  then  gave  up  the  ghost  because  old  age 

Had  done  its  work  and  reached  that  crucial  stage 

Of  impotence  and  positive  decay 

Which  comes  to  every  mortal  in  his  day. 

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The  one  who  gave  me  birth  has  passed  awav. 
Returning  whence  he  came  to  turn  to  clay ; 
His  shade  has  flown  to  that  celestial  land, 
Where  stands  a  temple  builded  not  by  hand, 
To  wait  the  trump  of  Angel  Gabriel's  horn, 
That  heralds  break  of  Resurrection  Morn. 

You  thought,  no  doubt,  you'd  seen  the  last  of  me, 

And  vanished  as  a  bygone  memory, 

Which  even  Time  could  never  more  revive, 

However  energetic  it  might  strive. 

But  here  I  am  brought  back  to  life. 

And  in  that  world  of  woe  and  ceaseless  strife 

And  company,  where  once  I  reigned  supreme. 

And  at  each  festive  board  was  chiefcst  theme. 

Is  this  "the  resurrection  and  the  life" 

A  Mason  treasures  as  he  does  his  wife? 

If  in  a  resurrection  he  believe, 

And  final  immortality  achieve. 

Then  he  should  greet  the  miracle,  by  heavens  ! 

Accomplished  by  his  brother,  Robert  Evans, 

That  brings  me  back  once  more  to  reign. 

Dead  doughnut  though  I  be,  I'm  here  again. 


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MASONIC    TEMPLE,    OAKLAND,     CALIFORNIA 
THE     TEMPLE     WAS     DEDICATED     IN      1881      AND      MAS      BEEN      THE      HOME     OF     OAKLAND      LODGE 

SINCE     THAT     TIME 


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PAST  SECRETARIES 


CHARLES  NELSON  WALTER 
1908-1918 


JAMES   E.   INGOLS 
1872-1881 


ALVAH   K.   CLARK 
1882-1907 


THOMAS    W.    BAILEY 
1870-1871 


CHARLES    B.   RUTHERFORD 
1868-1869 


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PAST  TREASURERS 


DAMIEN   E.   FORTIN 
1895-1897 


THOS.  I.  MILLKR 
1916-1918 


FRANCIS  REICHLING 

1868 
LEMUEL  G.  CHAPMAN 

1869 


JOSEPH    BECHT 

1870 

MYRON  T.  DUSINBURY 

1871 


EDWIN   N.   WALTER 
1898-1915 


Z.  T.   GILPIN 
1891-1894 

JOHN  M.   MINER 

1872-1873 

CHAS.    B.    RUTHERFORD 

1874-1890 


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ORGANISTS 


WILLIAM   B.   INGERSOLL 

1878-1881 


WILBER  WALKER 

1871-1878,    1882-1918 


U.   B.   PASMORE 
1868-1869 


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Members  of  Oakland  Lodge  In  The  Service 
OF  Our  Country 

A  L  J  ETS.    JOHN    WILLIAM Army 

ALEXANDER,    GEORGE    Army 

ANNAND,    CHARLES    WILLIAM Army 

ARCHAMBAULT,    CLIFFORD    STEVENS Army 

AXELSON,    IVAR    Navy 

BOLTER,     MARTIN     JOHN Navy 

BROWN,    JAMES     HENRY,    JR Army 

BURGESS,     GEORGE     WALDO Army 

BURY,    HOWARD    PHILLIP Army 

CANNON,     WALTER     DeWITT Army 

CONCANON,    WILFRID    WALT E R Army 

C  R I  ST,     FREDERICK     GEORGE N  avy 

FERGUSON,    ALLAN     EM  E R Y Army 

FERRIS,      FRANK     E  L  WOOD N  avy 

FORD,     ROBERT     McFARLIN Army 

FORTIN,    DA  MIEN     EDMON  T Army 

GARDINER,    CLAUDE    MELNOTTE Navy 

GRASSOW,     ROBERT     Navy 

HANSON,     RALPH     REUBEN Army 

HERMLE,    LEO    DAVID Marines 

HUMANN,    EDWARD    AUGU ST Army 

HUNT,    CHESTER     ROBE  RT Army 

HUTCHISON,    JOHN     GRAY N avy 

JOHNSON,    CHARLES     EMI  L N  a  vy 

KEYES,    CHARLES    EDWIN,    JR Army 

LLOYD,     FRANKLIN     ROBE  RT Army 

LUCKHARDT,    WM.    GEORG.    CARL Army 

MARR,    FRANK    SUE  L Army 

MILLER,    HOMER    THEOPHILU S Navy 

MILLER,     LEWIS    ALBE RT Army 

MOORE,     HARRY     THORNTON Army 

MORROW,    ARCHIE     FREMON  T Arm  y 

MOSHER,    JAMES    NELSON Navy 

PEARCE.    EDWARD     HUEGUENIN Army 

PERRY,    HARRY    LEE Army 

PETRAY,     HENRY     CLAY Army 

POWELL,    ALVIN    Army 

RODOLPH,    ROLLIN    PRATT Army 

SKAGGS,    MARCUS    DELOISE Army 

SMITH,    HAROLD    BERNAR D Army 

SOULE,    HENRY    DOUGLAS    BACON Army 

STREET,     WILLIAM     SCHWER  DT N  avy 

SUMMERFIELD,    HERMAN     LION  EL Army 

SWENSON,     ERIC     HJALM  A  R Navy 

THURBER,    JUDSON     Navy 

WURTS,     HARRY     ELWOOD Army 

MEROUX,  RENE  HAROLD  (Entered  Apprentice  only)..Army 
JACKSON,    LESLIE    ALGERNON Elected,    but   enlisted, 

and    entered    tlie    service    of   his    country   before    receiving 

any  degrees. 


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ROSTER  OF  MEMBERS  OF  OAKLAND 
LODGE  No.  i88 


Abbott,   Frank  Howard,  Jr. 
Abel,  John  Jacob 
Aber,  Louis 
Adams,    Wm.    Henry 
Alborell,  Talbert  Louis 
Albright,  Paul  Young 
Alexander,  George 
Alexander,  Geo.  Washington 
Aljets,  John  William 
Altman,  David  Joseph 
Ames,  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 
Anderson,    Henry   Cornelius 
Anderson,  Otto  Fred 
Andker,  Hans  Christian  Dan 
Annand,  Charles  William 
Archambault,   Clifford   Stevens 
Archambault,  George  Andrew 
Aronson,  Dave  Lewis 
Arrowsmith,  George  Edward 
Ashe,  Roger 
Axelson,    Ivar 
Badger,  Thomas  Norman 
Baker,  Jos.  Adna 
Baker,  Robert  Stone 
Ballinger.  Wallace  Atkinson 
Barker,  Chas.  Wm. 
Basham,  Jno.  Alden 
Bassford,  Jno.  Wm. 
Batchelder,  Wm.  Frank 
Bauerle,  Adolph  Henry 
Baxter,  Onnie  Reed 
Beck,  Alders  Clark 
Becker.  Frederick  Gerhard 
Bell,  Harmon 

Benjamin,  Edward  Hewlett 
Bcnner,  Harry 
Bennett,  Henry  Thomas 
Berkefeld,  John  Wolfrom 
Birr,  Herman  Theodore 
Bischoff,  Jno.  Albert 
Black,  Jos. 

Blackledge,  Jno.  Stanton 
Blair,  Wm.  Wallace 
Bliss,  Percy  Laughlin 
Boehrer,  Jno.  Henry 
Boell,  Edward  Albert 
Boell,  Frederick  Wm. 
Bolter,  Martin  John 
Bones,  Samuel  West 
Borchert,  Carl  Wyland 
Borland,  Archibald 
Bowbeer,  Benjamin  Frank'ni 
Bowen,  Eugene  Henry 
Bowen,  Pardon  Mason 
Brabban,  Dixon 
Bradshaw,  Ben 
Bradshaw,  Thomas 
Brasefield,  Harvey  Dingier 


Braun,  Clarence  Thomas 

Braun,  Francis  Ami 

Bray,  Geo.  Garfield 

Brayton,  Edward  Lacy 

Breed,  Arthur  Hastings 

Breed,  Herbert  Lincoln 

Brigman,  Martin 

Brinckerhoff,  Elmer  Ellsworth 

Britton,  John  Alexander 

Britton,  Jno.  Alexander,  Jr. 

Broadwell,  Melvin  Luther 

Brooker,  John  Spencer 

Brown,  Benjamin  Theodore 

Brown,  Henry  Charles 

Brown,  James  Henry,  Jr. 

Browne,  Henry  Robinson 

Bruce,  Samuel  James 

Bruml,  Oscar  Charles 

Bruning,  Jno.  Julian 

Bruns,  Jno.   Conrad  Christian 

Burbank,  Louis 

Burgess,  Geo.  Waldo 

Burns,  Jno.  William 

Burtchaell,  Geo.  Thomas 

Bury,  Howard  Phillip 

Butler,  Benjamin   E. 

Button,  F'red  Lawrence 

Campbell,  Edward  Morris  Andrew 

Cannon,  Walter  De  Witt,  Jr. 

Cantin,  Augustus  Samuel 

Carl,   Charles   Frederick 

Carpenter,  Tom 

Carter,  James 

Cary,  Benjamin  Gates 

Casad,  Samuel  Grant 

Catrysse,  Gabriel 

Chalfant,  Alfred  Edward 

Chaloner,  Henry 

Chaml^erlin,  Ralph  Lynds 

Chamblin,  Clyde  Luther 

Channell,  Wm.  Leon 

Chapman,  Arthur 

Chelemsky,  Harry 

Christianson,   Roy  Albert 

Clark,  Charles  Edward 

Clark,  Wm.  Carter 

Clay,  Isham  Harrison 

Clemmer,  Ora  Howard 

Clift,  Frederick  Charles 

Colbourn,  Frank 

Cole,  Wm.  David 

Coleman,  Silas  Ellsworth 

Collins,  David  Edward 

Concanon,  Wm.  Norton 

Concanon,  Wilfrid  Walter 

Congdon,  Ernest  Nilcs 

Connor,  Wm.  Alfred  Hopkins 

Coop,  Paul  Halliwell 

Cooper,  Cliauncev  Forward 


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Corder.  Arthur  Elmer 
Corrigan,  Jno.  Sinclair 
Cotterill,  Geo.  William 
Cowles.  Elmer  Russell 
Cowles,  Russell  Roy 
Cox.  Leslie 
Crafts,  Harry  Gray 
Craig,  Albert  William 
Craig,  Hugh 

Crawford,  Albert  Eugene 
Creed,  Wigginton  Ellis 
Crist,  Frederick  Geo. 
Cunard,  Geo.  Washington 
Curtiss,  Bert  Leonard 
Cushman,  Edwin  Burke 
Dale,  Alexander  Holman 
Dale,  Thomas  Robinson 
Dalziel,  Robert 
Daniels,  Gilbert  Barber 
Daniels.  Geo.  Seth 
Davie,  John  Leslie 
Davies,  Robt.  Ellis 
Davis,  Geo.  Robinson 
DeGolia,  Geo.  Ellis 
De  La  Montanya,  Harry  Orton 
Dewar,  Frank  Milne 
Dilling,  Alfred  Ernest 
Dingee,  Wm.  Jackson 
Dixon.  Robt.  Vickers 
Doll,  Arthur  Meader 
Donegan,  Constantine  Paul 
Doolittle.  Thomas  Frederick 
Dunne,  John  Carlos 
Durant.  Russell  Clifford 
Dusinbury,  Mvron  Thompson 
DuVal,  Wm.  Moylan 
Eadie.  Tohn 
Earl,  Guy  Chaffee 
Eber.  George 
Eber.  John  Wm. 
Eberhard,  Henr\' 
Edwards,  Ambrose  Fred 
Fdwnrds.  Benjp'riin   Franklin 
Elliott,   Frank   Phelan 
Emerson,   Me'vin   Ray 
Englehardt,  Herman  Louie 
Engs.  Edward  Webb 
Enslin.  Alfred  Gottlob 
Erdmann.  Ludwig 
Evans.  John  Getbin 
Evans,  Richard  Henry 
Evans,  Taliesin 
Evans,  Thomas  Daniel 
Fwing,  Wm.  Ferdinand 
Fairchild,  Claude  Wilkins 
Fairchild,  Judd  Hobart 
Ferguson.  Allan  Emery 
Ferris.  Frank  Elwood 
Fieberling.   Tohn  Peter 
Finkeldey.  Edward  John 
Finkeldey.  Wm.  Henry 
Firbv,  Thomas  Wm.  Nelson 
Fischer,  Chas.  Frederick 
Fischer,  Geo.  Irving 
Fitzpatrick,  Frank  Emmet 
Florence,  Robt.  Eugene 


Folger,  Edwin  Gilbert 
Folte,  Arno  Gustav 
Ford,  Robt.  McFarlin 
Foreman,  Leslie 
Fortin,  Damien  Edmont 
Fowler,  Douglass  Thomas 
Fox,  Ernest  Bruno 
Franck,  Henry  W. 
Frank,  Edwin 
Franke,  Rudolph  Chas. 
Eraser,  Alexander  Grant 
Friedlander,  Marcus 
Friend.  Wm.  Nat 
Fuller,  Dee  Bryant 
Gabriel,  Walter  Newton 
Gage,  Geo.  Guilford 
Gallagher,  James  Joseph 
Gardiner,  Claude  ]Melnotte 
Gause,  Chas.  Wm. 
Gaylord,  Robt.  Brainerd 
Gentis,  Rene  Albert 
Giamboni,  Louis  Alonzo 
Gifford,  Arthur  Swift 
Gifford,  Chas.  Terry 
Gilcrest,  Chas.  Fletcher 
Gilman,  Joseph 
Goldsworthy,  Wm.  Garnet 
Goodhue,  Geo.  Brooks 
Goodwin,  Wardell  Clark 
Grabau,  Wm.  Christian 
Graham,  Chas.  Kincaid 
Grassow,  Robt. 
Gray,  Floyd  Robinson 
Gray,  Roscoe  Spalding 
Greenhood,  Edward  James 
Greenwood,  Frank  Monroe 
Griffith,  Wm.  Jones 
Grismore,  Jno.  Thomas 
Grover,  Wm.  Sherwood 
Gwinn,  James  Whitehill 
Hackett,  Samuel  Allston 
Hammer,  Geo. 
Hansen,  Chas.  John 
Hansen,  Gudman 
Hanson,  Ralph  Reuben 
Harden,  Frank  Walter 
Harding,  Harry  Stephens 
Harmon,  Edward  Derby 
Harris,  Albert  Lawrence 
Harris,  Don  Frederick 
Harron,  Geo.  Durward 
Hatch,  Chas.  Rearden 
Hayes,  Jno.  Ferdinand 
Heaver,  Walter 
Henderson,  Peter  Alexander 
Henshaw,  Tyler 
Herby,  Nels  Jensen 
Hermle,  Leo  David 
Hermle,  Wm.  Adam 
Higgins,  Solomon  Franklin 
Hill.  Benjamin  Chickering 
Hill.  Jno.  Augustus 
Hill,  Robert  Lewis 
Hill,  Wilfred  Roy 
Hirsch,  Edward  Rudolph 
Hobbs,  Clarence  Lcavitt 


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Holtzen,  Otto  Albert 

Howard,  Chas.  Prescott 

Howard,  Henry  Sherwin 

Howard,  Jno.  Lawrence,  Jr. 

Howe,  Roger  Williams 

Hubbell,  Chas.  Wm. 

Huffman,  Wm.  Malcolm 

Hughes,  Wilfred  Kellogg 

Hughes,  William 

Hulme,  Frederick  William  Walton 

Humann,  Edward  August 

Hummel,  Robert  Emil 

Hunt,  Chester  Robert 

Hunt,  Symmes  Harrison 

Hunt,  Thomas  Edward 

Hutchison,  John  Gray 

Ingram,  William  Henry 

Irish,  Spencer  Kline 

Irving,  Chas.  Edward 

Ismert,  William  Hayward 

Jackson,  Frank  Frederick 

Jasper,  Oscar  Wood,  Jr. 

Jensen,  John  Alfred 
Jepson,  Louis 
Jillson,  Charles  Brooks 
Johnson,  Charles  Emil 
Johnson,  Emil  Theodore 
Johnson,  Gunst 
Johnson,  John  Alfred 
Johnson,  Stephen  Howard 
Johnson,  William 
Johnson,  William  Elliott 
Johnston,  Jacob  Burchfield 
Johnstone,  Peter  Mitchell 
Jonas,  Abraham 
Jonas,  Irving 
Jonas,  Milton 
Jones,  Richard 
Jones,  William  Henry 
Joost,  Wm.  Edward 
Joy,  Thaddeus  Robinson 
Judie,  Benjamin  Z. 
Kahler,  George  William 
Kautch,  Magnus  Gustav 
Kelday,  John  Robert 
Kelday,  William 
Kennedy,  Orford 
Keyes,  Charles  Edwin 
Keyes,  Charles  Edwin,  Jr. 
Keyes,  Wm.  Reed 
King,  Robert 
King,  Walter 
Kinsman,  Richard 
Kirk,  John  William 
Kitto,  George 
Knowles,  Edwin  Irving 
Koser,   Newton  Alexander 
Kremple,  Chas.  Edward 
Kuehn,  Max  Frank  William 
Kuhlmeyer,  Henry  John 
Laidlaw,  Frank 
Lamar,  Harry  Everett 
Land,  Walter 
Lando,  Milton  Ellis 
Lange,  Charles  Edward 
Lange,  John  Frederick 


Lawrence,  Harry  Marsaen 
Laymance,   Millard  Joseph 
Lea,  Frederick  John 
Leckie,  Robert  Stevenson 
Lee,  Harry  John 
Lesser,  Jacob  Harry 
Lewis,  John 
Lindsay,  Thomas 
Lindsten,  Axel  Edwin 
Lineker,  Chas.  William 
Little,  Wear  Coffin 
Littlefield,  Roscoe  Wentworth 
Livingston,  Samuel 
Lloyd,  Alvin  Thomas 
Lloyd,  Franklin  Robert 
Lloyd,  George  Albert 
Lockwood,  Elmer  Langton 
Logan,  William  Wells 
Long,  Richard  Frederick 
Lovett,  Alva  Eugene 
Loving,  Robinson 
Loy,  Franklin  Benjamin 
Luckhardt,  Wilhelm  Georg  Carl 
Lutkey,  Chas.  Henry 
Lutkey,  Wm.  George 
Lynas,  Robt.  Irving 
Lynde,  Geo.  William 
Macdonald,  Wm.  Isador 
MacGregor,  Charles  Manning 
Mack,  Oscar  Eugene 
MacLafferty,  James  Henry 
MacLafferty,  James  Henry,  Jr. 
Maclise,  James 
MacMurtry,  Wm.  Samuel 
Madison,  Geo.  Edmund 
Mariner,  Gideon  Stanwood 
Marr,  Frank  Buel 
Martens,  D.  Richard 
Martin,  Nils  M. 
Matthews,  Nicholas  Algie 
Mayo,  Bertram  Chapman 
Mayon,  James  Lenox 
McCloskey,  Albert  Chas. 
McCully,  Judson 
McDonald,  Frederick  Wm. 
McGrew,  Henry  Grant 
McKinnie,  Charles  Earle 
McLain,  John  Edwin 
McLaren,  Daniel  Scott 
McLaren,  Thomas  Earl 
McLeod,  John  Campbell 
McLure,  Jno.  Thomas 
Melquiond,  Lester  Lawrence 
Meltzer,  Joseph 
Mengel,  Chas.  Albert 
Mengel,  Chas.  Peter 
Meyers,  Wilbert  Jacob 
Meyerstein,  Charles 
Michel,  Adolf 

Miller,  Chas.  William  Joachim 
Miller,  Homer  Theophilus 
Miller,  Lewis  Albert 
Miller,  Robt.  Willis 
Miller,  Thomas  Irving 
Miller,  Wm.  Henry 
Mincher,  Burton  Lewis 


[  39 


Mock,  Theodore  Frelinghuysen 

Mock,  Theodore  Lewis 

Mohney,  Bernard  Thompson 

Mohr,  Henry 

Mohr,  Henry  Cornelius 

Moore,  Harry  Thornton 

Moore,  Wm.  John 

Morrison,  Wm.  John 

Morrow,  Archie  Fremont 

Morse,  Fred  WeUington 

Mosher,  Howard  Xelson 

Mosher,  James  Nelson 

Moss,  David 

Moulton,  Alfred  Ross 

Mueller,  Chas.  Daniel 

Mueller,  Jacob 

Mueller,  John  Peter 

Munro,  William  Xeil 

Munsell,  James  Roy 

Munson,  Arthur  King 

Murden,  William  Leonard 

Murdock,  Homer  Blaine 

Myers,  Harry  Ernest 

Myrick.  Chester  Stanley 

Nairn,  James  Mackey 

Naismith,  James  Semple 

Naylor,  John  William 

Neff,  Myron  Dilbert 

Neighbor,  Robert  Webster 

Nelle,  Hans  William 

Nelle,  Harry  Willard 

Nelle,  William 

Nelson,  Edmund 

Nelson,  John 

Nelson,  Nels  Peter 

Nelson,  Sophus 

Nichols,  Fred 

Nielsen,  Christian  Scverin 

Nielsen,  Thorvald  Christian 

Nietert,  Loraine 

Noe,  Harry  Carter 

Norman,  Roy  Walter 

North,  Hart  Hyatt 

North,  Samuel  D. 

Northrup,  Earl  Vernon  Caesar 

Ogden,  John  Clark 

Oldman,  Geo.  Bruce 

Ormsby,  Edwin  Lionel 

Orrick,  Oliver  Summerfield,  Jr. 

Osgood,  Wm.  Rice 

Otis,  Alfred  Henry 

Ott,  Chas.  Frederick 

Pardee,  George  Cooper 

Parker.  Chester  Stillman 

Parker,  Sam 

Parry,  Thomas  Hendy 

Parry,  William  John 

Patterson.  Alexander  John 

Paterson.  George  Wannon 

Pearce,  Edward  Huguenin 

Pearce.  Webb  Nicholson 

Pereira.  Joaquin  Robert 

Perkins,  George  Clement 

Perkins.  Geo.  Edward 

Perkins.  Lewis  Clarence 

Perry,  Andrew  John 


Perry,  Chas.  Arthur 
Perry,  Henry  Lee 
Petersen,  Frederick  Albert 
Petray,  Henry  Calvin 
Petray,  Henr\-  Clay 
Petrocelli,  George  Joseph 
Phelps.  Frederick  Gayttty 
Phillips,  Fred 
Pierce,  William 
Plummer,  Arthur  Thomas 
Pocock,  Henry  Edwin 
Poole,  Chas.  Oscar 
Porter,  Wendell  Philipps 
Potter.  Robt.  Wilson 
Powell,  Alvin 
Powell,  Howell  Aubrey 
Pratt,  Albert  Harlow 
Pratt,  Daniel  Webster 
Pressley,    Cornelius    Berckmeyer 
Price,  Thomas 
Pulcifer,  Harry  Willis 
Quayle,  Charles 
Rasmussen.  George  Launtz 
Redding.  Albert  Putnam 
Reed,  James  Gilbert 
Reinle,  Frederick  Phillip 
Reno.  Louis  George 
Ricciardi,   Nicholas 
Rich,  Joseph  Francis 
Robertson,  Gilbert 
Robins,  Jno.  Harvey 
Rodolph,  Frank  Bequette 
Rodolph,  Rollin  Pratt 
Roduner,  Chas.  Godfrey,  jr. 
Roethlisberger,   Hans 
Rogers.  Cecil  Doncrvan 
Ross,  Frank  Joseph 
Ross.  Jno.  Nimmo 
Rossier,  Chas.  Augustin 
Rowe.  Albert 
Russell,  Earl  Hunter 
Saad,  Henry  M. 
Sadler,  Herman  Julius 
Sagehorn,  Henry  Albert 
Sagehorn,  William  Deidrick 
St.   Pierre,  George 
Samuels.  Herbert  Joshua 
Sause.  Clifton  Archibald 
Schaackey,  Jno.  Daniel 
.Schaackey.  Louis  John 
Schachtebeck,   Christian   Lewis 
Schachtman.  Jacob  George 
Scharman.  Herman 
Schleuter.  Theo.  Albert 
Scott.  Andrew  Lowndes 
Scott,  Frank  Ernest 
Scott.  Jesse  Arthur 
Sea.  Sydney  Frank 
Searight.  Beath  Paul 
Searles.  Mailler 
Seely.  Harry  Hooper 
Shankland.  Thomas  Clinton 
Shortill.  Walter 
Shuey,  John  Adams 
Simpson.  James  H. 
Skaggs,  Marcus  Deloise 


[40 


Slater,  Urotcs  Majors 
Sleighter,  Joseph  Howard 
Small,  Frank  William 
Smilie,  James  Alexander 
Smith,  Alfred  Joseph 
Smith,  Albert  Lippett 
Smith,  Edwin  Lowell 
Smith,  George  Henry 
Smith,  Harold  Bernard 
Smith,  Horace  Edwin 
Smith,  John 
Smith,  Leroy 
Smith,  Sumner  Stewart 
Smith,  William  Bailey 
Smith,  William  Clay 
Smith,  William  Morrison 
Snead,  Albert  Charles 
Snyder,  William  Phillip 
Soderberg,  Frederick 
Sorensen,  Nicolai 
Soule,  Henry  Douglas  Bacon 
Souter,  John  Henry 
Southwell,  Frank  Lyman 
Spangler,  Lawrence  Alfred 
Spence,  Aaron  Tindall 
Stafford,  Walter  Alfred 
Staudinger,  Jos.  Carroll 
Stebbins,  Asa  Burt 
Stephens,  Arthur  Lee 
Stephens,  Wm.  Oscar 
Stone,  Leonard  Stanwood 
Stratton,  Wallace  Clinton 
Street,  Edwin  Cyrus 
Street,  Horace  Marvin 
Street,  William  Schwerdt 
Stromberg,  John  Warren 
Sturges,    Frank   Fanning 
Sturges,    Frank   Forster 
Suckermann,    John 
Summerfield,    Herman   Lionel 
Sunkler,    Elwood   James 
Sunkler,   Wilson    Hillier 
Sutherland,    Albin 
Sutton,    John    Richard 
Swanberg,  Eric 
Swanson,   Charles 
Swenson,    Eric    Hjalmar 
Swenson,  John  Arthur 
Swenson,  Swen  August 
Taft,    Henry    Clay 
Tardy,    Henry    Gabriel 
Tasheira,    Louis 
Tate,    Samuel    Patton 
Taylor,     Samuel    Johnson 
Taylor,    Samuel   Johnson,    Jr. 
Temen,    Lewis    Julius    Ellis 
Thomas,    Hayward    Glazier 
Thomas,   Lloyd   Brant 
Thompson,    William    Charles 
Thorns,    Christopher   August 

Frederick 
Thornbury,    Herbert    John 
Thurber,  Judson 

/Todd,  James   Hamilton 

*  Towle,  John   Francis 
Treadwell,  John   Bartlett 


Trowcr,    Albert    Ebenezer' 
Trower,   Frank   Whittaker 
Turnbull,   George   Wayland 
Turner,    John 
Upton,  Louis  Maylon 
Van    Court,    Eugene    Salter 
Van    Inwagen,    Leonard    Francis 
Verrill,   Samuel  Leonard 
Veyhle,    Albert 
Vogt,   Frederick   Percival 
Vonder,    Ropp    Alfred 
Von    Hirsch,    Sementi    Julius 
Voorhees,    Frederick    Duane 
Vore,  William  Asa 
Wachs,  Harold 
Wachs,   Martin 
Wagner,    Harry   John 
Waldron,  Patrick  Sarchfield 
Waldron,  Vernon 
Walker,    Wilber 
Walker,    Wilber,   Jr. 
Walker,  William 
Walter,    Chas.   Nelson 
Walter,    Edwin    Nelson 
Walton,  Jesse 
Waltz,    Charles 
Wamsley,    George 
Ward,    Alfred    Ernest 
Ward,   Robert 
Warren,  George   Henry 
Warren,  John  Chester 
Waterhouse,  Chas.  John 
Waters,    George    Willard 
Weilbye,   William    Hanson 
Weill,    Armand 
Weill,    Eugene 
Wells,    Clarence    Grayer 
Wentz,    John    Thomas 
Wenzel,    Arthur    Sylvester 
Westlake,  Benjamin   Franklin 
Wharton,   Harry  Edwin 
Wheeler,    Ro.scoe    Samuel 
Whidden,  George  Robert 
White,   George   Stevens 
White,    James    Stevens 
Whitney,    Frederick   Eugene 
Widner.  John   Eugene 
Wilberg,    Ernest    Nicholas 
Wilcox.   Walter   Cary 
Williams.    Alfred    John 
Williams,  Geo.  Washington 
Williams,   John    Fdward 
Williams.    John    Paul 
Williams,   Robert   Neal 
Williamson.    Willard    Forsythe 
Willis.    Walter    Hayes 
Wilson.    Chas.   Jasper 
Wilson.   John    Leonidas 
Wilson,  Lee  A. 
Wilson,    William 
Wilton,    George   Kneeland 
Winkelman,  Louis  Cornelius 
Wise,   Chas.   Ferninand 
Wise,   Herbert   Daniel 
Wise,   Melvin 


[411 


Wise,    Raphael 
Woesner,  Frank  Henry 
Wood,    Hart 
Worts,    Robert    Roy 
Wulfert,    Frederick 
Wnrts,    Harry    Flwood 


Wyman,    Laurence    West 
Yost,   Harry   Charles 
Young,   Julius   Alexander 
Young,  William   Fenwick 
Ziegler,  Andreas  Marincus 
Theodore 


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